you wanted asks you say? s3 predictions you say? i’ve got you.. how do you think each of the twins will cope with being separated for so long for pretty much the first time (disregarding the facility) considering their separation anxiety
Oooh, very interesting ask, thank you!!
I looked up a couple of separation anxiety symptoms and what it can do to a person experiencing it so this is how I think the twins will cope:
○ I think the way Taylor would cope with the separation anxiety would be to constantly talk to Logan or ask him to talk to her. She just needs a distraction so when the thoughts of dead brothers threaten to resurface and bring awful headaches, the urge to vomit and the feeling of helplessness she associates with her mother, she's quick to ask Logan a really stupid or silly question, anything, any words that can fill up the suffocating, bloody space around her.
Another method would be to think of happy memories with Tyler, not sad or scary ones. Them picking up clothes to match together, watching their dad cook, finishing a shitty movie on the couch - it helps ease out the anxiety.
She also wouldn't want to be far from Logan either, she gets comfort out of seeing she isn't entirely alone. Logan particularly is very soft spoken and gentle so she always feels safer falling asleep knowing he's around even if nightmares often chase sleep away.
○ I think the way Tyler would cope with the nightmares, possible stomachaches brought by the anxiety and the sleep deprivation would be to constantly occupy himself with some sort of chore. He'll try to figure out where him and Aiden are, constantly attempting to conjure up plans to get back, find somewhere to sleep, something to eat, does Taylor have anything to eat? Is she starving? Does she know how to cook for herself? Is she alive at all? No, no, back to the task at hand, Tay is fine, Tay is fine, Tay is fine-
Oh yeah, that's another thing I think he'd do. Come up with a little mantra for himself such as "Tay is fine" or "Tay is alive" or "Tay is not alone."
I also think he'd miss having something to put all his energy into - his thoughts, his urge to protect, his instinct to constantly be taking care of something for someone else - so he'd try with Aiden. "Need help with that?" "Want me to do this?" "Let me do that, you take a nap or something." "Don't go anywhere far, we need to meet up later." "I'm not being obsessive, what are you on about, moron!?"
Yeahh, I do think Tyler would have a slightly harder time being away from Tay but Aiden is so unpredictable and loud and never shuts up to the point I believe Ty will mostly have his thoughts preoccupied with a loudmouth idiot. Also, I doubt either of them would sleep much - Ty with all the Taylor-related nightmares and Aiden, well, he just strikes me as someone with a beyond fucked up sleep schedule. So I think they'd talk. And that would be when they're most genuine with each other. Aiden especially since, in the dark of might, he might not feel the need to put up the smile and the whole façade he has going on. And talking helps ease the nerves for both of them so there you go. Win-win.
I gotta learn to make things short because this is yet another overly long post, but I don't know how. I like talking and when I talk I want to say everything I think.
Thanks for the ask!! Hope this satisfies you :)
